Abstract
Two cotton thread tests (a self-prepared cotton thread test (SP-CTT) and the Phenol Red Thread (PRT) test) were performed on 46 dry eye and 37 normal Hong Kong (HK)-Chinese, all subjects being diagnosed by ophthalmologists in a private clinic. The mean SP-CTT value for the dry eye subjects (mean ± SD: 6.2±4.2mm/15s) was significantly lower than that of the normal subjects (8.3±4.3mm/15s). However, no significant difference in the mean PRT value was found between the two groups (dry eye subjects: 10.7±4.5mm/15s; normal subjects; 11.4±4.5mm/15s). The specificity and sensitivity of the SP-CTT were 78.4% and 45.7% when a cut-off value of ≤4mm was used, and 56.8% and 65.2% when the cut-off value was changed to ≤6.5mm. Our results showed that the specificities and sensitivities of both tests were poor when applied to these dry eye patients.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 11-14 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Contact Lens and Anterior Eye |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1998 |
Keywords
- Chinese
- Cotton thread test
- Dry eye
- Phenol red thread test specificity
- Sensitivity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ophthalmology
- Optometry